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USS TUSCARORA - commanded by George Belknap

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Description

USS TUSCARORA - commanded by George Belknap.First ship to successfully use piano wire sounding machine

Credit

NOAA Central Library

Display Date

1873

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey

Nautical Charting

Bathymetry - Mapping the Features

Pre-1920

Keywords

Charting

Soundings

Bathymetry

Mechanical